So, what's the real logic behind a filibuster? Clearly it was working for the cause of good yesterday, but is it a loophole or a feature?
Yes, it's terribly simple. The good guys are always stalwart and true, the bad guys are easily distinguished by their pointy horns or black hats, and, uh, we always defeat them and save the day. No one ever dies, and everybody lives happily ever after.
Giles ,'Conversations with Dead People'
Natter 71: Someone is wrong on the Internet
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
§ ita § - Jun 26, 2013 1:55:51 pm PDT #27315 of 30001
Well not canonically, no, but this is transformative fiction.
Sheryl - Jun 26, 2013 2:16:09 pm PDT #27316 of 30001
Fandom means never having to say "But where would I wear that?"
Timelies all!
Still sleep deprived. Oy, this is gonna take all week to go away, isn't it?
Jesse - Jun 26, 2013 2:23:06 pm PDT #27317 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Got an emergency haircut, and am feeling much better about myself. Phew!
aurelia - Jun 26, 2013 2:35:18 pm PDT #27318 of 30001
All sorrows can be borne if you put them into a story. Tell me a story.
"Angry mob"? Fuck you.
Ten bucks says the first draft said "hysterical".
Typo Boy - Jun 26, 2013 3:41:06 pm PDT #27319 of 30001
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
I think the right to filibuster in a legislature is a bad idea, does more harm than good and should be eliminated. But so long as it exists, I think any opportunity to use for good should be taken, because I don't believe in unilateral disarmament.
Jesse - Jun 26, 2013 4:34:19 pm PDT #27320 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
Argh, it's lovely outside, but a million degrees in my apartment, and there is no way to get a cross-breeze. I'm air-conditioning my bedroom, obviously, but should I have the living room fan blow the cool air in or the hot air out?
Tom Scola - Jun 26, 2013 4:46:47 pm PDT #27321 of 30001
Remember that the frontier of the Rebellion is everywhere. And even the smallest act of insurrection pushes our lines forward.
Neither, Jesse. Life is suffering.
Jesse - Jun 26, 2013 4:48:36 pm PDT #27322 of 30001
Sometimes I trip on how happy we could be.
UNTRUE.
sarameg - Jun 26, 2013 4:54:41 pm PDT #27323 of 30001
Fan blowing from bedroom into livingroom.
Cass - Jun 26, 2013 4:54:47 pm PDT #27324 of 30001
Bob's learned to live with tragedy, but he knows that this tragedy is one that won't ever leave him or get better.
Cool air in.